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J. N. & G. B. OLIVER. FOOT BOARD FOR HEADING MACHINES.

No. 417,331. PatentedDec. 17, 1889.v

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES N. OLIVER AND CAMPBELL B. OLIVER, OF GENESEE, IDAHO TERRITORY.

FOOT-BOARD FOR HEADlNG-MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 417,331, dated December17, 1889.

Application filed May 31, 1889.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we JAMES N. OLIVER and CAMPBELL B. OLIVER, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Genesee, in the county of .Latah andTerritory of Idaho, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inthe Foot-Boards of Heading-Machines; and we do declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, which form a partof thisspecification.

The special object of the invention is to make an improvement in thefoot-boards of header-harvesters, so that the driver may adjust the samewith his foot, as hereinafter described.

Figure l of the drawings is a plan View of the foot-board, itsattachments, and the beam or bar to which they are fastened. Fig. 2 is aside elevation, and Fig. 3 a vertical section on the dotted line a a: ofFig. 1.

In the drawings, A is the foot-board of a harvester pivoted on thebearings B and supported by an arc bar O in the slot 01 of a bracket D,the parts 13 D being securely bolted or otherwise fastened to the bar E.In the uprights (Z d is loosely arranged a pin or bolt F, which passesthrough the bearings d d and into one of the arc-bar holes 0, so as tohold the foot-board. The bolt F is un- Serial No. 312.713. (No model.)

locked from the bar by means of its auxiliary plate E, which has on theinner end and at right angles thereto the flat head fiagainst which theheel of the drivers footis pressed to shoot the bolt back. As soon asthe backpressure of his foot is removed the spiral spring G, locatedbetween the bolt-bearing d and the plate-head f, shoots the bolt intoone of the arc-plate holes 0.

In using the harvester the driver stands on the foot-board A and has hishands employed so that on hillsides there is great difficulty inpreventing his feet from slipping on the inclined foot-board. This,however, is entirely prevented by our adj ustable foot-board, which iseasily operated bya backward movement of one of his feet.

hat we claim as new, and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is

The combinatiomin a heading-machine, of the pivoted foot-board A,bearing B, are bar C, having holes c,bracket D, having the uprights d dand bearings d d, the loose bolt F, the auxiliary plate F, having theflat head f, and the spiral spring G, all arranged substantially asshown and described.

tures in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES N. OLIVER. CAMPBELL B. OLIVER.

Witnesses:

BUNDY JOHNSON,

IV. E. KYLE.

In testimony whereof we afiix our sigma

